Pro // Thursday, 29.01.2015
Three panthers for Germany
German national coach Pat Cortina has visited Saturn Arena to see ERC Ingolstadt facing Berlin Polar Bears. Cortina wanted to see potential players for the world championships in Prague in May. For the preparation tournament Slovakia-Cup, he nominated three panthers: Timo Pielmeier (goal), Benedikt Kohl (defence) and Patrick Hager (center).
The German roster for Slovakia Cup (5.-7. of February 2015):
Forwards: Kai Hospelt, Matthias Plachta, Mirko Höfflein (all Adler Mannheim), Nicolas Krämmer (Hamburg Freezers), André Rankel (Berlin Polar Bears), Philip Riefers (Augsburger Panther), Yannic Seidenberg (EHC Red Bull Munich), Yasin Ehliz (Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers), Gerrit Fauser (EHC Wolfsburg), Patrick Hager (ERC Ingolstadt), Alexander Weiß, Philip Gogulla, Sebastian Uvira (all Cologne Sharks), Daniel Pietta (Krefeld Pinguins)
Defence: Justin Krüger (SC Bern), Jens Baxmann (Berlin Polar Bears), Benedikt Kohl (ERC Ingolstadt), Björn Krupp (EHC Wolfsburg), Alexander Sulzer, Moritz Müller (both Cologne Sharks), Bernard Ebner (Düsseldorfer EG)
Goalies: Danny aus den Birken (Cologne Sharks), Timo Pielmeier (Ingolstadt)